It has been announced that the band King Gnu will be performing the opening theme (OP) "GO GHOST" for the new TV anime series "Ghost in the Shell," based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga "Ghost in the Shell." It was previously announced that millennium parade, a music project led by Daiki Tsuneta of King Gnu, will be performing the ending theme (ED) "Blue," marking the first time that both groups have contributed theme songs to the same work.
The fifth promotional video (PV) featuring the opening theme "GO GHOST" has been released on YouTube. The video showcases various expressions of the members of Public Security Section 9, centering on the protagonist Motoko Kusanagi, and expresses the grand worldview of the series.
The new anime will be directed by Moko-chan, who has worked on projects such as "Dandadan," "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off," and "The Heike Story." This will be Moko-chan's first time directing. Akutagawa Prize-winning author Toh Enjo will be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting, and Science SARU will be producing it. It will air on Kansai TV and Fuji TV's Tuesday 11pm anime block, "Ka-Ani-Bal!!," starting July 7th. It will also be available for unlimited streaming on Prime Video every Tuesday at 11:30pm starting July 7th, making it the fastest streaming service in Japan.
"Ghost in the Shell" is a science fiction manga that began serialization in 1989 in "Young Magazine Pirate Edition," a special issue of the manga magazine "Young Magazine" (Kodansha). It depicts the Ghost in the Shell team, led by Motoko Kusanagi with superior abilities in cyber warfare and hand-to-hand combat, as they confront increasingly sophisticated and heinous crimes.
